John Brady is the new basketball coach at Arkansas State. Brady was named Wednesday morning, less than six weeks after being fired by LSU. He replaces Dickey Nutt, who stepped down from his position as Arkansas State's coach Feb. 19. Brady, 53, led LSU to the Final Four in 2006, but the team fell to 17-15 in 2007. He was fired after the Tigers started 8-13 this season.

Nolan Richardson says he is talking with Arkansas State officials about the school's basketball coaching vacancy. Richardson has been out of college coaching since being fired by Arkansas in 2002. He made his remarks after a luncheon Monday in North Little Rock.